Mediterranean climates, but occur in many other ecosystems. During most years, a vernal pool basin will experience inundation from rain/precipitation, followed by...

The vernal pool fairy shrimp, Branchinecta lynchi, is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Branchinectidae. It is endemic to the U.S. states...

R. (eds.). Vernal pool-soil-landform relationships in the Central Valley, California. Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems...

or they can simply be isolated depressions (such as a kettle hole, vernal pool, prairie pothole, or simply natural undulations in undrained land) filled...

where they may have local names. However, the term vernal pool can be applied to all such temporary pool ecosystems. Playa lakes are a form of shallow freshwater...

African cricketer Vernal point, the point on the celestial sphere where the Sun is located during the northern spring equinox Vernal pool, temporary pools...

Lepidurus packardi, the vernal pool tadpole shrimp, is a small, rare species of tadpole shrimp (Notostraca) found in temporary ponds of the western United...

Stationary Tank Stationary Tarn Stationary Tide pool Stationary Tributary or affluent Running Vernal pool Wetland Wadi Running Ephemeral Wash Running Ephemeral...

Reserve has the only protected, reproducing Engelmanns in the states. A vernal pool is a shallow depression in the soil which fills up with water during...

Vernal Fall is a 317-foot (96.6 m) waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. Like its upstream...

forming the vernal pools. The Phoenix Vernal Pool ecosystem is relatively unique as is supports many species of fauna and flora endemic to vernal pools. The...

the shrimp are gone long before the pool finally dries up. The fairy shrimp have been spotted and collected in vernal pools from early November to early...

family known by the common names annual checkerbloom, checker mallow, and vernal pool checkerbloom. The plant is endemic to California, along the North Coast...

have been known to live up to 32 years, and normally return to the same vernal pool every year. These pools are seasonal and will usually dry up during the...

2011. Thorp, Robbin W. (5 March 2013). "Vernal pool flowers and their specialist bee pollinators". California Vernal Pools. Archived from the original on...

to protect sensitive vernal pool habitats but later expanded it to 6,428 acres (2,601 ha) with the creation of the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve...

name vernal pool Indian paintbrush. It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in seasonally moist habitat, especially vernal pools...

Oregon and northern Baja California. This plant is a resident of the vernal pool plant community. C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010. Micropus californicus. Encyclopedia...

Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems. California Native Plant Society. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-943460-37-6. Green, Scott. "Fairy shrimp". The Vernal Pool Association...

the common name vernal pool mousetail. It is native to southern Oregon and the Central Valley of California, where it grows in vernal pools and other...

season (summer and autumn), their offspring stay inside the eggs. As the pool fills with rainwater during the winter and spring, they hatch and feed on...

The Loch Lomond Vernal Pool Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of 8.22 acres (33,300 m2) in the community of Loch Lomond in Lake County, California...

family known by the common names prostrate pincushionplant and prostrate vernal pool navarretia. It is endemic to the U.S. state of California. The plant...

Santa Rosa (outside the floodplain), south to Santa Barbara County, in vernal pool complexes and isolated ponds along the Central Valley from Colusa County...

winter and early spring, the pools are also a known habitat for the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), a threatened species. Two types of...

Arteaga Indian paintbrush Castilleja brevistyla Castilleja campestris vernal pool Indian paintbrush Castilleja caudata Port Clarence Indian paintbrush...

Anchialine pool Brine pool Infinity pool Natural pool Plunge pool Reflecting pool Spent fuel pool Stream pool Swimming pool Tide pool Vernal pool Puddles...

appropriate pool habitat. Each pool "complex" consists of several vernal pools supported by a collective watershed, a crtical component of the vernal pool system...

Merced River, starting at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, past Vernal Fall and Emerald Pool, to Nevada Fall. Along the trail, the Merced River is a tumultuous...

California belong to the family Branchinectidae. These include the threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp, which is often found in the same pools. California fairy...